Written answer
Hospital Appointments Status
The Minister referred the cancelled spinal cord stimulator procedure case to the HSE, which will respond directly to the Deputy.
1224. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health If she will review the case of a person (details supplied); if she will provide an update on the spinal cord stimulator procedure scheduled at St Vincent's University Hospital; if she will address the cancellation of the procedure on two separate occasions, the most recent on financial grounds; to confirm the meaning of 'financial constraints' in this context; and the steps being taken to resolve the matter. [64705/26]
Comment on this
Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. The Minister for Health is prohibited from directing the HSE to provide a treatment or a personal service to any individual or to confer eligibility on any individual.
In relation to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.